Can Vader ABSORB Blaster Bolts?

Lord Poe · Post by **Lord Poe** » 2003-01-30 03:14am

Why, yes, yes he can:

http://h4h.com/louis/absorb.html

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2003-01-30 03:20am

Nice work as usual, Mr. Poe.

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2003-01-30 03:47am

Prepare yourself for an immediate round of screamin and hairpulling antics from Scooter... *shuders*

Boba Fett · Post by **Boba Fett** » 2003-01-30 03:50am

Fact is fact, proofs are those shots, but I'm pretty sure there'll be some person who won't accept them...

Nice work Lord Poe!

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-01-30 04:01am

There will be people who will insist the glove must have absorbed and redirected the bolts. They will of course have no answer as to why this thin flexible material isn't used for Stormtrooper armor, since it has demonstrated much greater resistance if it in fact did what they claimed.

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2003-01-30 04:10am

Sea Skimmer wrote:There will be people who will insist the glove must have absorbed and redirected the bolts. They will of course have no answer as to why this thin flexible material isn't used for Stormtrooper armor, since it has demonstrated much greater resistance if it in fact did what they claimed.

Since I can see the future, I'll let you in on the rebuttal:

"It's too expensive for the Empire to produce in mass quantities, even though they can build Death Stars in secret. The reason it's so expensive is it probably utilizes mass transphasic crystalline neuro quarks to subsidize the J-field intensity modulation phases. Quantum. All this is moot, since the glove can't beat the navigational deflectors of a Fed ship."

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2003-01-30 05:37am

That was actually very funny

Boba Fett · Post by **Boba Fett** » 2003-01-30 05:47am

LOL

Robert the "oracle"!!!

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2003-01-30 10:26am

Scooter's been screwed. Yet again.

Scooter's take:

"Impossible. Nothing can get through my Wall of Ignorance."

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-01-30 02:20pm

Score one for the Dark Side.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-01-30 02:26pm

This also proves that it's not the gloves that did it, but Vader's Force powers.

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2003-01-30 02:55pm

Master of Ossus wrote:Scooter's been screwed. Yet again.

Scooter's take:

"Impossible. Nothing can get through my Wall of Ignorance."

Oh, Osssus, if only he would EXPLODE shortly after saying that....but a man can dream....

Darth Servo · Post by **Darth Servo** » 2003-01-30 03:23pm

Your next addition should be a highlight of the Asteroid impacting the ISD in TESB.

Have one pic of the ISD right before impact and draw an outline of the bridge tower.

Then have another pic after impact and superimpose the outline on that pic to show that the bridge was in fact totally obscured by the asteroid debris, so that it is clear that we cannot tell how much damage was actually done to the bridge (to refute the Trekkies who insist that the ship was completely decapitated or worse yet, destroyed).

Also, have a link directly to this part of the page if it is part of a larger page.

Kerneth · Post by **Kerneth** » 2003-01-30 04:45pm

Further proof, accepting the EU as canon, Corran Horn in "I, Jedi" is able to absorb energy and use it to power telekinesis (which he can't do otherwise because he's defective). Luke tells Corran "My father could absorb blaster bolts and use the energy to perform telekinetic 'tricks' as well."

This is slightly screwy, of course, since we see Anakin Skywalker perform telekinesis without first being shot with a blaster on numerous occasions. Still, it's possible that Vader can use the energy in that way as well as a "normal" telekinetic force pull or push.

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2003-01-30 05:10pm

That was just a quirk that was in Corran Horn's genes.

Mad · Post by **Mad** » 2003-01-30 05:19pm

His Divine Shadow wrote:That was just a quirk that was in Corran Horn's genes.

Huh? Corran was stronger than most with absorption and mind control, and incredibly weak with telekinesis, but none of his powers were exclusive to his family line.

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2003-01-30 05:22pm

Mad wrote:
His Divine Shadow wrote:That was just a quirk that was in Corran Horn's genes.
Huh? Corran was stronger than most with absorption and mind control, and incredibly weak with telekinesis, but none of his powers were exclusive to his family line.

Thats what I meant by genes, should have been more clear.
I didn't mean to imply they where exclusive either.
Though I've not seen anyone outside Corran's family absorbing power for purposes of telekinesis.

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2003-01-30 07:48pm

Kerneth wrote:This is slightly screwy, of course, since we see Anakin Skywalker perform telekinesis without first being shot with a blaster on numerous occasions. Still, it's possible that Vader can use the energy in that way as well as a "normal" telekinetic force pull or push.

That doesn't make any sense on your part. Just because he could use the energy to power Force tricks without straining himself, doesn't mean he HAD to.

Kerneth · Post by **Kerneth** » 2003-01-30 11:17pm

Illuminatus Primus wrote:
Kerneth wrote:This is slightly screwy, of course, since we see Anakin Skywalker perform telekinesis without first being shot with a blaster on numerous occasions. Still, it's possible that Vader can use the energy in that way as well as a "normal" telekinetic force pull or push.
That doesn't make any sense on your part. Just because he could use the energy to power Force tricks without straining himself, doesn't mean he HAD to.

I didn't say Anakin Skywalker *had* to use the energy that way, I said he *could* if he wanted to.

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2003-01-30 11:24pm

I was refering to your conclusion it was screwy.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2003-02-02 02:04am

Very nice, Poe.

Wouldn't it be cool to be the guy who holds up his hand and has huge plumes of sparks blast out from it?

Connor MacLeod · Post by **Connor MacLeod** » 2003-02-02 03:26am

Whats interesting is that (due to an analysis of a debate I've been involved in in antoher thread) there is some interesting suggestion about "energy handling" capabilities for Jedi:

In "I, Jedi" Corran Horn and his grandfather (in the vision) are both able to completely drain lightsaber energy more or less in an instant.. this suggests hundreds of watts to several gigawatts of energy-handling capability (estimating conservatively from the TPM door-melting scene using my own calcs). While The "Halcyon" line is known to be "strong" in other ways due to its inability to use TK (its inferred that the "line" may have been skilled in other abilities, not just energy draining or illusion) - it seems reasonable that this would give us a rough "order of magnitude" estimate for others (particularily powerful Masters like Yoda) This is also substantaited by Qui Gon's abi lity to stick his hand close to that melting door without any apparent ill effect.

Additionally, we can consider that the fact Jedi can handle blaster bolts (which could easily be in MJ range, and are at least mid to high KJ) can handle blaster bolts without difficulty substantiates that.

Isolder74 · Post by **Isolder74** » 2003-02-02 03:31am

Stravo wrote:
Master of Ossus wrote:Scooter's been screwed. Yet again.

Scooter's take:

"Impossible. Nothing can get through my Wall of Ignorance."
Oh, Osssus, if only he would EXPLODE shortly after saying that....but a man can dream....

perhaps we could turn him into Kryton and then tell him We want to put catsup on Lobster!

Typhonis 1 · Post by **Typhonis 1** » 2003-02-03 01:30pm

PLEASE Kryton is a much smatter being than Scooter ever will be to demeane him by turing Scooter into him :shakes head: shame shame shame

Isolder74 · Post by **Isolder74** » 2003-02-03 02:11pm

Typhonis 1 wrote:PLEASE Kryton is a much smatter being than Scooter ever will be to demeane him by turing Scooter into him :shakes head: shame shame shame

Sorry I was trying to think of ways to make him Spontainiously Combust